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Ottawa Indian Camp

Date: 1889
Description: Beach fishing camp showing several people around a fire drying fish with a tent in the background. Captioned: Ottawa Fishing Camp -- On the Island at Fran...
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Dam and Lumbermill

Date: 1900
Description: View of the Wausau mill and dam next to the river, where logs were first sorted.
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Mormon House

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Description: View of the Mormon house.
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Dewey Estate

Date: 1949
Description: Office-reception room in the Nelson Dewey house.
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Fairchild Residence

Date: 1900
Description: Cyanotype of the Fairchild residence, home of Lucius Fairchild. A woman is standing in the doorway.
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Heg Residence

Date: 1910
Description: The home of Col. E.H. Heg. This building now stands on the site of the loghouse where the first of Nordlyset was printed.
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Hamlin Garland House

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Description: The home of Hamlin Garland.
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Trelawny Living Room

Date: 1950
Description: The living room with a fireplace in the Cornish miner's cottage on Shake Rag Street called Trelawny. The cottage was restored under the ownership of Robert...
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Little Norway Buildings

Date: 1948
Description: Buildings at "Little Norway." From left to right: tool house, Norway house, Haugen homestead. The wagon in foreground is a kubberulle; the wheels are sec...
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Rountree House

Date: 1948
Description: The John H. Rountree House, built in 1854. According to "The History of Wisconsin" (Vol. I, 1973), "The rise of the settlement at Platte Mounds was indisso...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Boathouse

Date: 1898
Description: View from frozen Lake Mendota of boathouse on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) is behind the boathouse. Two ice...
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Men's Dormitories

Date: 1948
Description: View of dormitories on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A man in a light-colored sweater is leaning with his arm against a tree on the right, lo...
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Puppies on a Farm

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Description: A litter of puppies stand on a wooden structure with (presumably) their mother below them in the foreground.
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Two Women Sit on a Tree Limb

Date: 1898
Description: Two women, Mrs. Osborn and Mrs. Schildhauer, sit on a large tree limb near Mendota Drive.
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Horse-Drawn Carriage on Bridge

Date: 1899
Description: A woman drives a horse-drawn carriage over a rustic, wooden bridge.
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Stacking Hay

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Description: Several agricultural workers operating horse-driven machinery to stack hay. Two men stand on a large pile of hay. Caption reads: "A Hay Ranch In Colorado."
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Stacking Hay

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Description: Several agricultural workers operating horse-driven machinery to stack hay. Two men stand on a large pile of hay. Caption reads: "A Hay Ranch In Colorado."
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Passenger Curing Unit

Date: 03 14 1947
Description: Men working in the passenger curing unit "V" on the first floor of Building #8.
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Duct Work

Date: 06 05 1947
Description: A view of the duct work in the passenger tire press room on the third floor of Building 7.
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Eagle Corners School

Date: 1932
Description: Students and their teacher, Gladys Hofseth (back row, far right), pose outside Eagle Corners School. The school is a wood frame building with an enclosed p...

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